ISBN:
0415477220
,
0415477239
,
9780415477222
,
9780415477239
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 205 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Reclaiming Childhood : Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear
DDC:
305.23
Keywords:
Child development
;
Child rearing
Abstract:
This book exposes the stark consequences on child development of both our low expectations of fellow human beings and our safety-obsessed culture. Helene Guldberg argues that we need to identify what the real problems are - and how much they matter
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE HISTORY: A balance sheet of modern childhood; ONE: A CHILDISH PANIC ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION; TWO: COCOONING CHILDREN; THREE: CHILDHOOD IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PART II FREEDOM AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOUR: GROWING UP: Why risk-taking is good for kids; FIVE: PLAY: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?; SIX: THE BULLYING BANDWAGON; SEVEN: VIRTUAL LIVES?: Media, brands and the MySpace generation; PART III TAKING REAL RESPONSIBILITY: The role of adult society
Description / Table of Contents:
EIGHT: LET PARENTS BE PARENTS: The myth of infant determinismNINE: LET TEACHERS BE TEACHERS - NOT SOCIAL WORKERS AND 'HAPPINESS COUNSELLORS'; TEN: LET STRANGERS BE FRIENDS: How the 'stranger danger' panic is creating a hostile adult world; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge
,
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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